Close the divestiture of several pet food brands to Post Holdings, Inc
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- Announced
- 8 Feb 2023
- Due
- 30 Apr 2023
- Delivered
- 28 Apr 2023
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The transaction is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of the Company's current fiscal year ending April 30, 2023, subject to closing conditions including the receipt of required regulatory approvals.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
The company successfully completed the divestiture of its pet food brands to Post Holdings, Inc. on April 28, 2023, which falls within the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ending April 30, 2023.
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A J.M. Smucker Company (The) 10-K filed 2023-06-20
“On April 28, 2023, we sold certain pet food brands to Post.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -0.0% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (16 Jun 2023 to 22 Jun 2023). What this measures
Checked 18 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- divestiture of pet food brands
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to closing conditions including the receipt of required regulatory approvals
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Counterparty
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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